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ARTICLE · 28 APRIL 2025

The Global Guide Quarterly (Quarter 1, 2025)

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New Regulations for Nonresident Foreign Employees

New Legislation Enacted

Authors: Elieser Corte Real, Partner, and Nuno Gouveia, Partner – Miranda Alliance - Fátima Freitas & Associados

On February 18, 2025, Presidential Decree No. 49/25 was published and went into effect, regulating the professional activity of nonresident foreign employees (expatriates). This law revoked previous Presidential Decrees no. 43/17, of March 6, 2017, and 79/17 of April 24, 2017. Among the main changes the law imposes are the new rules on the duration of employment contracts for expatriate employees, as well as new procedures for registering employment contracts, including employment contracts with expatriate employees on temporary stay visas, with the employment centers. The statute clarifies that the concept of "national workforce" includes resident foreigners, which was a question under the previous regime

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